Who Adapts? Beyond Cultural Models of 'the' Chinese Learner
Who Adapts? Beyond Cultural Models of 'the' Chinese Learner
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DOI：
10.1080/07908310608668755
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2006
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Gu Q
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本文从比较的角度分析了中国学习者在中英教育背景下的跨文化体验。在中国背景下，访谈和问卷研究在24所大学进行，这些大学主办了英国文化协会的英语教学发展计划。这项研究揭示了作为此次教师培训项目的学习者的中国教师的变化观点。在英国，一项最近的研究正在探讨中国学习者在适应英国高等教育教学文化方面面临的挑战。早期的结果揭示了学习者的变化过程，受一系列相互关联的个人、文化、社会、心理和语境因素的影响。有关中国文化语境与中国学习风格之间关系的研究文献为理解中国学习者与西方教育模式之间的接口提供了重要的基础。然而，通过比较中国学习者在两种截然不同的教育和文化背景下的视角，本文强调了文化以外的因素是如何影响作为学习过程一部分的适应的。教师和学习者的职业身份和动机、教与学发生的环境以及它们之间的权力关系等因素是中国学习者进行策略适应的重要因素。
From a comparative perspective, this paper analyses Chinese learners' intercultural experiences in Chinese and British educational contexts. In the Chinese context, interview and questionnaire research was carried out in 24 universities that hosted the British Council's English teaching development programmes. The research uncovered perspectives on change in the Chinese teachers, who were the learners in this teacher training programme. In the UK, a current study is probing into the challenges Chinese learners face in adapting to the British higher education teaching and learning culture. Early results reveal a change process in the learners, affected by a range of inter-related personal, cultural, social, psychological and contextual factors. Research literature on the links between the Chinese cultural context and Chinese learning styles has provided an important basis for understanding the interface between Chinese learners and Western modes of education. However, in comparing the perspectives of Chinese learners in two contrasting educational and cultural contexts, this paper highlights how factors other than culture alone also influence the adaptation that takes place as part of the learning process. Factors such as the professional identities and motivations of the teachers and learners, the context where teaching and learning take place, and the power relationships between them are shown to be significant issues in the strategic adaptations made by Chinese learners.